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‘Princess’ products in high demand
Pre-film awareness boosts consumer products in the US giving good indicator of how property will be received in the UK. Since its launch just a few weeks ago, retailers have reported that the range has already begun out-selling other Disney Princess items by double digit percentages. More than 45,000 dolls have sold in less than a month with 17,000 selling last week alone. At one major retailer, The Princess and the Frog bedding has sold nearly triple the amount of regular Disney Princess bedding. At Disney Store locations nationwide and DisneyStore.com, the Princess Tiana role-play dresses are selling above all other Disney Princess characters. (Continue Reading…)

Obama job approval rating drops under 50 percent
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has dropped below 50 percent in a second major poll in an indication he is suffering from the long healthcare debate and weakness in the economy, Gallup said on Friday. Gallup said 49 percent of Americans approved of Obama’s job performance. A survey by Quinnipiac University on Wednesday had a similar finding, putting him at 48 percent support. (Continue Reading…)

Police find explosives outside TI’s Grand Hustle offices
Police are investigating two bottles filled with an unknown liquid suspected of being Molotov cocktails that were tossed at the offices of Grand Hustle Records in Atlanta. Jason Geter, who runs the label with T.I., told MTV News exclusively that an alarm went off between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Thursday (November 19) at the office. The Grand Hustle staff discovered that one of the office windows had been cracked after someone had tossed a “40-ounce bottle” at it. (Continue Reading…)

In the beginning, Gibran’s small estate was worth some $50,000, benison enough for a village of ten thousand souls. — Stefan Kanfer, “But is it not strange that elephants will yield — and that The Prophet is still popular?”, New York Times